Budget trip for the new year: Khirghizstan
Posted Mon, Jan 5, 6 a.m.
Our humorist offers a cheap alternative to last year's "staycation."
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Posted Mon, Jan 5, 6 a.m.
Our humorist offers a cheap alternative to last year's "staycation."
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Posted Thu, Dec 18, 6 a.m.
Seattle's not the only city tied in knots over its waterfront planning. Intramural squabbles beset Bellingham's waterfront vision, too. It could be a new seaside community. Or not.
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Posted Tue, Dec 16, 6 a.m.
Memories of a time abroad, when a new President was coming into office in a very troubled time.
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Posted Fri, Dec 12, 6 a.m.
Another task Obama inherits is trying to bail out America's botched effort to have a pavilion at Shanghai's Expo 2010, the largest world's fair in history. There are reasons to hope that "yes, he can."
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Posted Tue, Dec 9, 6 a.m.
A visitor finds much to admire about Tacoma. Glass artist Dale Chihuly's mark on the town is indisputable, and the food is fine.
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Posted Thu, Nov 6, midnight
Our Zen gardener gets a nudge to visit the Portland Japanese Garden and finds five gardens in one.
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Posted Tue, Nov 4, midnight
A veteran travel writer offers this brief history of one of the city's oldest, poshest social hubs.
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Posted Sat, Oct 18, midnight
Unless you're in Washington, which ranks No. 1, state officials and bicycle advocacy groups have a lot of work to do.
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Posted Mon, Oct 13, 8:57 p.m.
Let's not forget the Department of Homeland Security during these trying times.
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Posted Fri, Sep 26, 1 p.m.
Two big unresolved transportation issues are back in the public's eye, reminding voters of the governor's biggest failure.
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Posted Fri, Sep 19, 4 a.m.
Mossback becomes enamored with a city he once regarded with disdain and considers what it would be like to move there. It reminds him of pre-1970s Seattle, before the yuppies ruined it.
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Posted Sat, Aug 16, 5 a.m.
A women-only getaway doesn't have to be all about spas. These "Water Dogs" prefer kayaking to pedicures, and the new Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island is the perfect setting.
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Posted Thu, Aug 14, 5 a.m.
Wine importer and writer Terry Theise spoke in Seattle recently, and he finds little to admire in Washington state's Rieslings.
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Posted Wed, Aug 13, 5 a.m.
Our Whidbey Island correspondent shares her favorite way to explore the food and atmosphere of Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle.
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Posted Tue, Aug 5, midnight
A Depression-era book series is the ultimate road-trip must-have, a way of comparing past and present as you tool around the country like a latter-day John Steinbeck. And in Washington, a new version even links travelers to the digital age.
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Posted Fri, Aug 1, 3 a.m.
Four years after Paul Allen won the X Prize with SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic has unveiled WhiteKnightTwo, bringing space tourism closer to reality. But in terms of achievement and fundamental technologies, we're merely watching a glitzy remake of the 1960s with private funding.
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Posted Wed, Jul 23, 2 p.m.
This annual gathering of students and teachers is unique in America, and another example of Portland's distinctive musical culture.
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Posted Wed, Jul 23, 2 a.m.
The stories of 52-year-old Bainbridge Island author David Guterson have much to owe Washington state, which serves as a powerful setting for everything he writes.
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Posted Tue, Jul 22, 5 a.m.
Vancouver's in-city oasis, VanDusen Botanical Garden, hopes to go green big-time with a $23 million visitor center that could be the region's first structure to meet the most rigid sustainability standards.
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Posted Mon, Jul 21, midnight
A columnist writing in The New York Times boycotts wild Alaskan salmon, a 180-degree turn from an earlier position in favor of the fishery. Is his reversal motivated by the need to publicize a new book?
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Yes, you can bring your own bottle along, says a wine connoisseur.
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In 2009, two Northwest states are honored with an endangered species: postage stamps.
MOREPosted Sun, Nov 23, noon 2008
A local travel writer scans the Grey Lady's tips on visiting Seattle
MOREPosted Wed, Oct 29, 6:14 p.m. 2008
In sending positive signals back to the NBA, the City of Seattle might be jumping the gun on its hopes for a share of the local hotel tax, which could also be needed for an expanded Convention Center.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 21, 4:52 p.m. 2008
It's literally apples and oranges.
MOREPosted Mon, Oct 6, 5 p.m. 2008
I prefer road trips that don't include me as the driver. And now with the gas gods scowling down on us, even folks who would never leave their beloved vehicles at home are opting for alternative ways to roam. Plus, lots can happen when you're not behind the wheel. You can read. Listen to tunes. Eavesdrop. Take a snooze. Or see familiar sights with fresh eyes. My favorite way to travel to British Columbia is a combination of trains, buses, boats, and planes. This is the fourth and final in a series of my carless, carefree getaway to BC. Depending on your time and budget, cut and clip as necessary.
MOREPosted Mon, Oct 6, 1 p.m. 2008
The Seattle Times is recommending voters reject Initiative 985, the Tim Eyman-sponsored measure that would create a statewide "traffic congestion relief" fund, eliminate localized revenues for devices such as red-light cameras, and open HOV lanes during non-peak hours. The paper's editorial board writes, "I-985 is a poorly-packaged jumble of different agendas that will – please, listen carefully – worsen traffic in certain areas. It makes no sense to design a functioning, complicated traffic system by initiative." ...
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 2, 3:50 a.m. 2008
No doubt Ivar Haglund would be whoopin' it up over Ivar's 70th anniversary celebration this year. Unfortunately, the colorful Seattle restaurateur died in 1985 at the salty old age of 89. Now the longest-standing seafood restaurant chain in Puget Sound, Ivar's got its start in 1938 as Ivar's Fish Bar on Seattle's Pier 54. Back then, the menu featured fish and potatoes (now called fish 'n chips), along with shrimp and oyster cocktails. Today, that simple fish 'n chip stand has morphed into full service restaurants, seafood bars, and Ivar's Seafood, Soup & Sauce Company.
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 24, 3 a.m. 2008
Now, we all know Microsoft was a big – like $200,000 big – supporter of Sound Transit's 2007 measure to expand light rail around Puget Sound. But as Mike Lindblom at The Seattle Times reported on Monday, the Redmond tech giant only plans to give $10,000 to the supporters of Proposition 1, this year's Sound Transit measure.
Sorry, Sound Transit. You are out of luck.
MOREPosted Tue, Sep 23, 4 p.m. 2008
I prefer road trips that don't include me as the driver. And now with the gas gods scowling down on us, even folks who would never leave their beloved vehicles at home are opting for alternative ways to roam. Plus, lots can happen when you're not behind the wheel. You can read. Listen to tunes. Eavesdrop. Take a snooze. Or see familiar sights with fresh eyes. My favorite way to travel to British Columbia is a combination of trains, buses, boats, and planes. This is the third in a series on my carless, carefree getaway to BC. Depending on your time and budget, cut and clip as necessary.
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